Scott Bateman is a New York-based writer and animator. He wrote and directed the animated film Atom Age Vampireand the TV show Scott
Bateman Presents Scott Bateman Presents. He currently writes Disalmanac on Twitter.

Even with all the media Portland, Ore. gets, many people still have no idea just what the heck it even is. Luckily, Disalmanacarian Scott Bateman has 30 seconds of fact-like facts about this bustling metropolis!

What do YOU know about Abraham Lincoln? Surprisingly little is known about this obscure US president. Luckily, Disalmanac has made a new educational film that explains everything you need to know about ol' "Honest Abe" (or, as you'll see, "Ice Ice Abe") in just 30 seconds:

Like most of us, you probably spend at least seventeen hours per day wondering how many U.S. presidents were actually robots or lizard people. Luckily, the DIsalmanacarian from @Disalmanac and Disalmanac.com has the shocking fact-like facts for you, in handy video form:

Don't forget: Disalmanac: A Book of Fact-Like Facts will be published in September by...

Do YOU know what Pennsylvania is? Surprisingly, many people do not. These people are idiots.

Well, fear not: your Disalmanacarian is here with a new educational video that explains all the surprising fact-like facts about America's third most Pennsylvanian state (after South Dakota and Other Dakota).

How often has this happened to you: You're at a party, and everyone's talking about horses. But you can't join in the conversation, because you have no idea what horses are. Pretty often, we're betting.

This new ASK DISALMANAC video is for you: everything you need to know about horses,...

We all want to know: What will happen in 2013? Will there finally be jet packs and flying cars? Or are we due for another stupid, half-assed apocalypse based on some ancient civilization's rudimentary calendar technology?

The Disalmanacarian from @Disalmanac has the surprising answers in the latest edition of Ask...

For centuries, people have been asking if Santa Claus is real, or just an excuse for parents to go trample people the day after Thanksgiving. At least, the Disalmanacarian at Dialmanac.com has the surprising answer to this age-old question:

Uh oh, Rick Santorum's trying to horn in on Newt Gingrich's history professor action. And he's off to a good start -- he approaches Newt's accuracy level of zero in this actual audio clip, which I've animated and annotated: